Category: Hypnobirthing

 

1. Upon awakening: Eat a few Crackers with slightly salty taste

2. Eat 5 or 6 very small meals daily (fermented foods can be very healing)

An empty stomach has more acid and can cause more nausea.

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3. To prevent dehydration:

2 teaspoons sugar

Juice of ½ lime

Pinch of salt

1 pint ginger water  (Cut a small piece (thumb size) of fresh ginger ,put in 1 pint of water, bring to a boil , let stand to cool, remove ginger and you have ready to use Ginger Water

Drink 1 cup every 2 hours to eliminate dehydration and help nausea and vomiting to subside

4. Soak 10 raw / unroasted almonds in water overnight, peel skin in morning and eat almonds very slowly as you listen to Healing Chakra CD. This is a good source of calcium and calms nausea.

5. In early morning walk around block focusing on breathing in fresh air slowly.

6. Massage your entire body with or without oils, unscented sunflower oil, sesame oil or coconut, then take nice warm shower and rest for 20 minutes, listening to Healing Chakra CD. (Call or email us to order CD – $20 U.S.)

7. Coconut water: Add 1 tsp fresh lemon juice to 1 cup of pure coconut water. Sip every 15 minutes to settle stomach.

8. Rose water: Put 1 drop in a cupful of milk. Boil milk, cool to warm and sip.

9. At night take a cup of whole milk with 1 teaspoon of Ghee (clarified butter) and this should help to prevent sickness the next morning. (This treatment may be too heavy for some.)

 

To order Healing Chakra CD – Call 310 454-0920

 

 

Connect with other people on our blog and if you live near each other start a walking group or a stroller stroll or breastfeeding group, a book group, a parenting discussion group a babysitting exchange or depending on your age and physical well being whatever suits your abilities. If you are a senior perhaps volunteer to read stories to kids at the library. Spiritual groups, Alanon, AA, Dog parks are also healthy ways to socialize. Can you think of creative cost free ways to connect and get sufficient social support? Please feel free to share your ideas.

 

Meditate and/or listen to your pregnancy or labor CD or your Healing, Health and Peak Performance CD (for all who are or are not pregnant.).  (This CD was used in a research project at USC Medical Center to decrease anxiety pre surgery and promote healing post surgery.)

Create a purpose in life for yourself.  Your work may be a way of earning a living but your purpose in life may be totally different.  If you are pregnant, your purpose in life is to carry your healthy baby to full term and to have the birth you’d like to have.  Ask yourself “what do I need to do now to move in that direction?”  Make small and measurable goals around your purpose, make the goal easier to meet than not to meet.

You may always call us to schedule a phone consultation 310-454-0920.

Whether alone or with people, eat in a pleasant setting, (never eat standing or while walking) sitting outside under a tree, in a garden, watching the birds. Turn off TV, set table nicely – a candle is always relaxing; joyous or meditative music played at a low volume, silence or happy conversation, talking about nothing upsetting. Enjoy the color, texture and taste of each food. Eat slowly; do not drink anything with your meal. Digestion improves if you drink a cup of hot water before and after. After eating, sit for 10 minutes to allow your body to welcome the food.

Nutrition – Eat lean protein, a soft or hardboiled egg (the yolk has all the cholesterol), salmon, white fish, almond butter, nuts; eat fresh fruits “an apple a day keeps the doctor away”, lots of berries and any fruit in season.

Eat healthy carbohydrates, brown rice, quinoa, oats, millet. Eat healthy fats, olive oil, avocado, a piece of dark chocolate. If you have to watch your weight, fresh vegetable juice, fat free cereal, oatmeal (instead of milk use unsweetened pomegranate juice), or grape nuts with unsweetened juice, 1egg white (if in a hurry microwave it for 50 seconds. It’s chewy, delicious and tastes like it’s already salted. Dried plums (also called prunes) 5 per day, are great for your digestion and elimination, nonfat yoghurt with honey or fresh fruit, and of course your main intake – Vegetables, Vegetables, Vegetables, preferably green leafy and then all other vegetables. Cooked vegetables are easier to digest than raw.

And for dessert – Dates and/or Figs.

Oh, by the way, have you seen the video online of how to separate the white from the yolk in the easiest possible way? It’s so much fun – it works like a real magic trick. Check it out on YouTube.

Exercise – For example, walk out your front door and go for 15 minutes and return. That gives you ½ hour of exercise; join YMCA, get a dog, walk a neighbor’s dog, swim, swim, swim. Walk up and down a flight of stairs. Oftentimes when depressed it is difficult to move and motivate yourself. Push yourself daily, even if it’s only 5 minutes the first week and it will get easier. If you can afford it, get a personal trainer, or go to an exercise or yoga class.

This week focus on play. Play enhances your immune system, your mood and your energy. Turn on some upbeat music and dance 2 times a day. Buy an album of fun dance music or create one. Get an album of show tunes and dance and sing along. Take a dance class. Make a play list and share it.

If you’re on bed rest:  Blow bubbles, read uplifting books or articles, watch comedies (do not watch birthing shows or any violent shows, movies, or news).

Remedy:

1)  Get help and do not go it alone; it’s called social support.

2)  Examples of social support:  Friends, family, AA, Alanon, church, temple, mosque, priest, minister, rabbi, become a volunteer, take a class.  Call our center to schedule a phone consultation or live appointment.  Start a book club or breastfeeding gathering or a talking circle.